Nope, not kick turns. That's KT 22.Is that the story ? the other one is: The owners wife froze and did 75 kick turns to get down the chute.
Its the 75mm cannon, and to be clear it was officially 75 Chute, but skiers who frequent Squaw have called it Chute 75 for so long that its rarely called 75 Chute, which was a take off of 75 Shoot.
I guess the history buff who told me about this got into the conversation with me because of my own fascination with cannons.
Since we've gone off topic here. My dad was a gun buff and history buff back in 1976, so he and his buddy (both machinists) had some 1/2 scale replica cannon barrels made for ornamental purposes to celebrate the bi-centenial. Even though my dad and his friend couldn't bore the touch hole in them if they sold them(they sold several sans touch hole) they drilled the touch hole in theirs and shot the cannons off every big holiday. Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day.That would have been a sweet job!
The first few times, he'd shoot a ball (2" lead ball) when he shot, but we found out that the ball could travel close to a mile so he shot paper wads or other stuff that would disintegrate. Corn cobs are the best
Since I was always a daddy's girl and was equally fascinated with cannons, he gave me one of his original 1976 cannons, which I still have, and we staged for avy control when we skied Chez Ziggy in March.
I've often thought about taking it somewhere to shoot it, but at this point I'd have to seriously clean the barrel.
I think I still have fuses laying around here somewhere. I'll have to look.
I have another story about how a dog who visited our house thought the cannon ball was a play ball and chewed the shit out of it.